Sold Out Badge for WooCommerce
by Charlie Etienne · eCommerce
Also makes 2 other plugins · 13.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a "Sold Out!" badge on out-of-stock products. Show the text and colors you want. Perfect for artists, artisans, real estate professionals...
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
8K+
≈8.5K estimated
Momentum
+27%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “badge” for “sold out badge”. “badge” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sold out badge” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
51 health vs 71 average across 9,844 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.3%
of downloads still active
At least 8K of 110.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,178 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1254 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 7.1
4.8★ over 25 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1254 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| wcsob your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| sold out badge | #10 | #8 | 0 |
| badge your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| out of stock your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sold out your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “badge” for “sold out badge”. “badge” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sold out badge” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 7.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.4y ago
latest release · v4.4.0 · 30 May 2023
26
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “8K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Apr 2021
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 4.4.0 Support PHP 8.2 Bump Carbon Fields version to 3.6.0 Improve docs 4.4.0
- — Version 4.3.6 Fix compatibility issues with kadence blocks and woocommerce HPOS thanks to @ataypamart 4.3.6
- — Version 4.3.5 Fix missing hook in Elementor page builder 4.3.5
- — Version 4.3.4 Fix related and upsells products in some themes like Divi 4.3.4
- — Version 4.3.1 Adds compat with Elementor Archive posts widget 4.3.1
- — Version 4.3.0 Allows displaying badge on backorder products instead of/in addition to out of stock products 4.3.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a "Sold Out!" badge on out-of-stock products. Show the text and colors you want. Perfect for artist..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,415 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "wcsob" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 165 days in tier
- 2025-11-18 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1097 days in tier
- 2022-11-17 9K+ → 10K+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2022-08-13 8K+ → 9K+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2022-05-28 6K+ → 8K+ up after 179 days in tier
- 2021-11-30 4K+ → 6K+ up after 130 days in tier
- 2021-07-23 3K+ → 4K+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2021-05-26 2K+ → 3K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Out of Stock Message Manager for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Woo-Badge 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Out Of Stock Badge 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Product Badge, Label, Countdown Timer for WooCommerce – Sale Booster 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Verified Member for BuddyPress 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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